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Possibly stupid PP question
AdrianC
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If I were to replace an existing outbuilding, on the same footprint and to approximately the same height, would PP be required?
It's not a small building - about 55m2. The existing building is somewhat rough wriggly tin, and I'd be looking at a flat-pack timber building.
It's not a small building - about 55m2. The existing building is somewhat rough wriggly tin, and I'd be looking at a flat-pack timber building.
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Check on the planning portal and if it ticks all the boxes you can do what you like. If the original needed and has PP then your just replacing it like for like then your probably good anyway.
https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/200130/common_projects/43/outbuildings0 -
One thought - the new construction may need to comply with building regs, I think its anything over 30m2 but I could be wrong!0
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No idea if the original had PP - but it's certainly WELL outside the window for any enforcement.foxy-stoat wrote: »Check on the planning portal and if it ticks all the boxes you can do what you like. If the original needed and has PP then your just replacing it like for like then your probably good anyway.
https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/200130/common_projects/43/outbuildings
I've been through that guidance, and that's talking about a new building. If I'm replacing, then how much tolerance for "like-for-like" is allowed...? If I keep to the same footprint and rough roof heights (which are within 2.5m), then...?0 -
Where I use to live Welwyn Garden City they had an Estate Management Scheme that covered a lot of the town & there was quite a lot of restrictions on what you could & couldn’t do it might be worth double checking that there’s nothing similar in your town0
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Unless it falls within Permitted Development then Planning Permission is likely to be required. Insofar as it replaces a building of the same use and similar size then that is likely to be more straightforward than might otherwise be the case.Health Warning: I am happy to occasionally comment on building matters on the forum. However it is simply not possible to give comprehensive professional technical advice on an internet forum. Any comments made are therefore only of a general nature to point you in what is hopefully the right direction.0
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Definitely not - we're out in the boonies.welwynrose wrote: »Where I use to live Welwyn Garden City they had an Estate Management Scheme that covered a lot of the town & there was quite a lot of restrictions on what you could & couldn’t do it might be worth double checking that there’s nothing similar in your town0 -
Yes, I had a suspicion that'd be the case. Thanks!thearchitect wrote: »Unless it falls within Permitted Development then Planning Permission is likely to be required. Insofar as it replaces a building of the same use and similar size then that is likely to be more straightforward than might otherwise be the case.0 -
If it were me then I'd carry on and do it especially in a rural area .. I'd have some excuse up my sleeve if the need arose , but then I like to take the odd risk especially with the planning officers without taking the Michael0
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As far as I know there is no "right to rebuild." Either the building you are proposing is permitted development (as per the link) or you need planning permission. Clearly though permission for a like for like building will almost certainly be granted.0
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